10 dangerous products
When we consider our food don't really give her much thought, and in fact sometimes note that it's normal. However, there are some products that are so unusual and dangerous that they can fight off any appetite. In this collection you will see poisonous shark meat, neurotoxic fruit salad and frogs-bulls....
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1. Harkala
Greenland sharks are dangerous not only while kayaking, but also for the stomach. The fact that the Greenland shark does not have the ability to urinate, resulting in a huge amount of ammonia and trimethyl oxide is removed from the body of the shark through the fabric. Enterprising residents of Greenland developed a traditional dish known as Spit, which is a seasoned shark meat. Besides that the smell of shark meat is almost unbearable, the consumer is faced with a potential threat of organ damage, intoxication and disease from poisons that are still present in the meat.
2. Kivak
Kivak is extremely heavy and dangerous foods. Vintage Icelandic food known as Kivak consists of fermented (in fact, decomposed) corpses of small seabirds – guillemots and gulls. To catch birds with nets and sewn up in the skins of seals aged before buried in the ground for up to three years. Birds slowly marinated in the fat of seals in the cold Arctic tundra. As a result, the food when it finally is dug up, not only looks disgusting, but can be deadly because of the possibility of botulism. Last meal of the famous biologist-researcher was Kivak.
3. African poisonous frogs-bulls
African poisonous frogs-bulls are considered in this article, as positioned as a delicacy in the African country of Namibia. However, the meat of the frog contains a powerful toxin known as Oshiketakata, which can lead to kidney failure, muscle damage and even death. Recommendations for handling frogs include their bookmark in a pot with special boards which supposedly "neutralize" the toxin. The level of venom is believed to be lower at certain times of the year when food is acceptable for the brave, or maybe foolish, if we are talking about the treatment of wooden planks. We cannot guarantee that the consumer will not croak...
4. Braised Asian bats
There are some foods which simply defy the imagination. Perhaps the most illogical food is Asian soup bats, which contains an entire bat in a soup bowl after boiling with chicken broth. Bat cut with a knife and fork, and then eat the broth with a spoon, along with the innards of the bat. In the dish are present in the hair and membrane of bat wings. The dish is quite tasty, but we are forced to conclude that it is very unappetizing, especially species of bat. Bats can carry a number of human infectious diseases in addition, this practice is considered wrong from the point of view of many environmental organizations.
5. Carambola
Carambola is the most seductive and innocent looking food on this list. While other dishes may be complex or disturbing, carambola just beautiful. Asian plant contains five edges that form a perfect star when the fruit is served sliced across. Once You eat this plant, stars can whirl around your head, as this fruit contains neurotoxins. Carambola also contains huge amounts of oxalic acid. This fruit affects those who have weak kidneys, in exceptional cases resulting in death.
6. The tentacles of the octopus
The number of exotic Japanese and Korean restaurants, including those seeking to attract Western tourists, serves sushi that not only raw materials, but also partially alive. Miniature octopuses are brought in sushi bars alive and quickly cut into two parts. When serving on a plate with soy sauce, they still squirm because of the reflex in the tentacle, as invertebrate animal has a partially decentralized nervous system. In some unfortunate cases, death, due to the fact that disembodied tentacles blocked the respiratory tract visitors.
7. Eggs of gastropods
Eggs of the sturgeon fish are known as caviar and are a popular dish in Russia, and snails are a popular French dish. Extreme entrepreneurs try to popularize a new dish-a delicacy known as "cochlear caviar", which consists of raw eggs of land snails. The eggs are served on hard-boiled quail eggs or with grilled vegetables and exotic salads. They come neatly packaged in small jars with wonderful seasoning that brings a taste of fresh earth. Eggs not ready, so were registered deaths from consumption of raw snails infected with brain parasites.
8. Snake Burger
In the South-West USA, rattlesnake not only fear, but also eat. Supporters of the "snake food" note that snake meat is very similar to chicken, due to the fact that reptiles are ancestors of birds. This is an amazing southern dish...very authentic... In Southeast Asia café are actively promoting their own snacks from the snake in a snake burgers made from cobras and other snakes. Snake meat is perfectly safe to eat because the toxin is not distributed in the tissues. After separating from the skin and frying, you'll never guess what don't eat beef or chicken.
9. Inside
The insides of the digestive, reproductive and nervous systems of some animals are placed in the basis of some grotesque, but surprisingly popular dishes. Many dishes use shell stomachs, intestines and even testicles of cows and sheep. "Guts" needs to be thoroughly cleaned, as often used questionable body parts, but can be surprisingly neatly served in eateries. Lamb testicles are among the most popular, and are served breaded and testes of the bull – marinated in sauce. In Europe can be served a dish known as "offal", which is made from pig intestines. Heads of sheep and fish eyes also appear in the menu. Risks of fatal infections from parasites led to the adoption of a number of provisions on the consumption of entrails and sheep.
10. Crow pie
To tell someone to "eat crow" this is not fiction and not even offensive, if you are in Lithuania. Crow pie is a traditional dish of poultry based on meat the crows-scavengers. Birds are caught at a fairly young age, and cooked on high heat in butter and then served with a plate of roasted vegetables. Meat is rumored to act as an aphrodisiac, and supposedly used to "control" the number of crows. The ravens are the traditional component of Lithuanian food, but consumption dropped sharply during the Soviet occupation of the country. Concern has been expressed about the possibility of Contracting diseases from carrion.